Masachika Matsuda

Masachika Matsuda was a retainer of the Akechi clan, and was killed in the Battle of Yamazaki in 1582.

Biography
Masachika Matsuda was born in Harima Province, home of the Matsuda. However, he became a retainer of the Oda clan, to the general Mitsuhide Akechi. As a follower of him, he took part in Mitsuhide's uprising against the Oda. In 1582, at the Battle of Yamazaki, he was killed by Hideyoshi Hashiba's Oda loyalists.